For the hundreds of other people inside the IMAX theater at Universal City Walk Wednesday night, things might have been a little uncomfortable.

A100-plus football players mired in the middle of fall camp were getting one of their first breaks from football in over a week.

It got a little crazy.

"We told them it was the wrong time to come because everyone was talking," linebacker Rey Maualuga said. "We got shushed a lot. We were just having some fun.

"Everyone's in there throwing candy around and stuff. It was liken we were all teenagers."

Head coach Pete Carroll is very aware that his players are fully immersed in football, and he and his staff are challenged to find ways to make things interesting.

"Coach Carroll is a very serious man, but he likes to mix in fun with serious times and football," Maualuga said. "It's good times."

Sometimes, like Wednesday night, it comes in the form of a reward.

"Our guys are doing everything we're asking of them. They're really right on the mark. They're doing well," Carroll said. "They're studying hard. They're sleeping well. Everything. When we get our chances, we try and do things to keep it fresh."

Still, the Trojan minds are almost 100 percent focused on football. Maualuga said he spends only about five minutes awake each day away from some aspect of the game - time spent thinking about his family.

"It's football this and football that," he said.

But these players have a job to do, and they understand that.

"Coaches are emphasizing it. Don't let the grind get to you," Maualuga said. "This is the point where were the coaches get to see who is running through the aches and pains. They get to see who still has that full-speed effort even though it's been over a week.

"To us, it's still the same. It's still football, and we're in football mode."